Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:50:07 +1000 From: Alex Helbig <alex@muse.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Moving passwd files from LINUX to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980728185007.00998e90@ada.somerville.qld.edu.au>
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Hi Everyone,
I have a question that may requrie a simple answer.
Does anyone know how to port a LINUX password file to FreeBSD so that
usernames and passwords can be maintained?
We are moving our email server from LINUX to FreeBSD and need to port
several hundred accounts. Now I have a script to recreate the uernames,
directory structure, etc. But what about the passwords? Can these be
ported in some way?
There seems to be some difficulty in this in that the LINUX password file
contains encrypted passwords while FreeBSD uses a seperate passwords
database. Is there a script available to do this kind of a thing, or am I
hopeing for the impossible?
Any help appreciated,
Regards
Alex
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